Comparison of the SimPlate coliform and Escherichia coli test with Petrifilm, three-tube MPN, and VRBA + MUG methods for enumerating coliforms and E. coli in food

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-449

  Townsend, D E ^a   Irving, R L ^a   Naqui, A ^a  

^a IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; FOOD SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0032055458     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.4.444     Document Type: Article

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